breaking the term Don&#x2019;t believe in &#x201C;only digital&#x201D; - digital in here means the dialogue between the analog and digital Shared Destiny - rivals, partners, customers &#x2013; all need each other to succeed Like in nature, all species are needed for the ecosystem to thrive google, apple, nvidia

Digital and analog Different kinds of species are required to make an ecosystem Shared destiny Nothing new without sharing knowledge Distributed decision making - on the other hand ecosystems led by for instance Nokia or other industry giants are not that way - two kinds of business ecosystems Forest is just a forest, but trees and plants make it an ecosystem

Development activities traditionally focus on companies - projects Companies are made of Individuals - services They are all part of ecosystems - networking

Note - case studies are mostly about internet-related companies, because they have been the front-runners in forming digital ecosystems - not limited there though Jyri Engestr&#xF6;m, founder of Jaiku Marko Ahtisaari, one of the founders and ceo of Dopplr Sampo Karjalainen, co-founder of Sulake Taneli Tikka, co-founder of IRC-galleria among other companies

Growing very rapidly Main source of information about scandinavian startups in US and UK Investors and VC:s have started to visit the events -> needed to expand beyond startups to form a fully functional ecosystem Expanding to Tallinn, Stockholm and St. Petersburg

I started as a program director in 2007 Ecosystem forming was my main course of action Startups first - easier to make them grow than the large enterprises to adapt Took experienced entrepreneurs to work with new ones As a public sector representative had to be careful not to be too &#x201C;active&#x201D;

Nothing new will come if people keep to themselves Not much new will come if people only talk with similar background

Had to wake up 4.45 - geography is on your side today Digital tools help us a great deal - in digital world the geography has little role

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1.
DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMS
FROM THE
BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE

2.
MY BACKGROUND
• 6th FP Integrated Project “Digital Business
Ecosystem 2003–2006 – Tampere as one of
three Regional Catalysts - later took also part
in PEARDROP
• Worked for three regional development
companies – Lappeenranta, Tampere, Helsinki
• Ecosystem approach applied as a program
director in Uusimaa Centre of Expertise in
digital content
• Now a social media expert in Dicole Ltd.

4.
CHARACTERISTICS
• Geographic location is not important
• Industry of companies is not important
• There is both competition and collaboration between
companies
• Knowledge creation and sharing are the key
• Decision making is distributed
• People are what make or break the ecosystem - not
organizations

5.
CASE STUDIES
AULA
• A social space in the heart of Helsinki in
2001-2002 for over 400 people from science,
art, business, government and NGOs
• http://aula.org//helsinkispace
• Attractive space, equal ownership and
democratic decision making
• People later behind companies like Jaiku, Dopplr
and Sulake were very active in the community

6.
CASE STUDIES
ARTIC STARTUP
• Established in 2006 by enthusiastic
entrepreneurs
• Began as a blog about startups
www.arcticstartup.com
• Later also events and a startup directory
• Arctic evening, open coffee, Slush, Mobile
monday - all events created by
entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs

7.
CASE STUDIES
DIGIBUSINESS UUSIMAA
• Goal: to ﬁnd and support top expertise to
grow and go international
• Startups became the focus
• Joint trips, experience sharing, coaching by
achieved entrepreneurs
• Passive enabler role for the public actor